FRN-203 French V
FRN 203 further develops French speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes an introduction to representative literary works of the French-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Increasing awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Prerequisite
FRN-202 or an equivalent skills level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
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Course Outline
Course Description
FRN 203 further develops French speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes an introduction to representative literary works of the French-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Increasing awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Credit Hours
3Prerequisites
FRN-202 or an equivalent skills level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
SUNY General Education Course
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will communicate orally in a variety of social settings at first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will demonstrate aural comprehension in a variety of settings through appropriate response at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will craft written text for a variety of practical purposes at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will read and interpret text of varying types, lengths, and purposes at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will identify both salient and more nuanced components of the target language culture at a first semester advanced intermediate level. Students will also demonstrate conscious understanding of significant cultural differences by using cultural knowledge at a first semester advanced intermediate level to conform linguistically and behaviorally in many social and work-related interactions.
Topic Outline
- 1. Grammar
- a. Nouns and adjectives
- b. Verb conjugation
- c. "C'est" vs. "il est" and "elle est"
- d. Negation
- e. Asking questions
- i. Yes-or-no questions
- ii. Interrogatives
- iii. Inversion
- f. "Il y a" + time ("ago")
- g. Expressing necessity and obligation with "il faut," "avoir besoin de," and "devoir"
- h. Imperatives (commands)
- i. Comparatives and superlatives
- 2. Verb tenses and moods
- a. Present tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- b. Present indicative tense and future events
- c. Near future tense
- d. Passé composé (past tense)
- i. With "avoir"
- ii. With "être"
- e. Imparfait (imperfect tense)
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- f. Passé composé vs. imparfait
- g. Future tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- h. Conditional mood
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- i. Perfect tenses
- i. Present perfect
- ii. Past perfect (pluperfect)
- j. Present subjunctive mood
- i. After impersonal expressions
- ii. With doubt, disbelief, and possibility
- iii. With volition and necessity
- iv. With emotion and opinions
- 3. Vocabulary
- a. Common regular verbs
- b. Common irregular verbs
- c. Transitional words and phrases
- 4. Culture
- a. Authentic literature excerpts from France
- b. Cultural values and practices in the French-speaking world
- c. Current events in the French-speaking world
- d. Social and environmental issues in the French-speaking world
- e. Social phenomena in the French-speaking world